Graduated elderberries - 30+ and looking forward to DC1! (Thread 6)

[HazleNutt]

Oh, looks like I wrote the last post! So new thread here where we will see more berry babies and hopefully loads more graduates as well.

Ohhhh exciting!!! Hope things progress quickly and the pain doesn't last long!

Good luck Lol, how exciting

Ooooh lol how exciting!!! Good luck - thinking of you...

Good luck Lol! Looks like there will be another Berry baby very soon

Hello berries! Sorry for radio silence - have my hands quite full at the moment abd not cracked left hand phone typing yet! Hope all is good- will attempt a picture shortly.

More importantly, go go Lol! Sending bags of support, gas and air and luck your way..

Ooh good luck Lol!

Good luck lol!!! Can't wait to hear how it all went, as smoothly as poss I hope! X

And hi mummy bear, let me know what it's like, hope you're enjoying having your new baby home and aren't tooooo tired!

Brave we need more info! Name, weight, what was labour like, etc., and yes a picture of your lovely little man.

I hope things are going well Lol.

Good luck lol and yes we need to see some photos brave!

In other news, I've got stretch marks! Just a handful, but wtf, why are they appearing a month after birth?? Not amused. And they'd better not multiply.

Also like an oven here, 37 degrees and not a hint of a cloud in the sky. I know we all complained about the cold spring, but this is not funny any more.

Stretch marks Hazle?!! I have to admit I was counting my chickens on that one, bloody hell I hope they don't show up to my party! At least you say there aren't many though.

Agreed - I thought I'd escaped, who knew they could still bloody well appear?!

So I think I'm getting mastitis in my left boob. What a barrel of laughs. I'm not sure if that's what gave me the temperature (although didn't have sore boob yday) or if the fact I expressed all day (to avoid giving Miles a bug) means I've somehow given myself blocked milk ducts. I told DP last night it didn't feel like the machine was emptying my boob properly.

So rang the out of hours who said the antibiotic I'm on isn't the right one for mastitis. However, as my temp is lower he said to stick with it. Totally not convinced they're working. Argh. Still it's not too painful as yet to feed from that boob which is good. And temp down to 38 degrees which is so much better than yday...

Oh and Congratulations brave!! Can't believe I didn't say it in my last post. Photos please

And I know it's a cliche but enjoy the newborn hugs, they really do change too quickly mainly through being greedy buggers and porking up really quickly

Hi berries just a quickie to let you know that baby Lara was born this afternoon at 4:25pm weighing 7lbs 2oz. She is perfect. Staying overnight. Speak more tomorrow

Oh lol how bloody exciting!!! Hoorah! Massive congrats to you and big hugs for baby Lara. Hope the birth was ok x

Congratulations Lol, hope you're enjoying lovely snuggles with Lara x

Great news Lol, huge congratulations to you and your OH (obvs more to you as you've done all the hard work ). And what a lovely name.

Congrats lol and welcome baby Lara, what a lovely name

Congratulations Lol!

Back from the Cornish wilderness to see that congrats are due to both Brave and Lol. Well done both of you! Lara is a lovey name. Brave have you named your boy yet?

I went out for a few hours this morning so DH took the plunge and gave 3oz of expressed (which is all we had) rather than me having to rush back. She guzzled it down no problem and has continued to BF normally since I got back so FX this could turn out to be simpler than I thought. I just need to work out how much to give her each time now.

My OH has been so so lazy this weekend I could scream! Leaves me in a general stressed/grouchy state the whole time, not the ideal weekend mindset

I asked him to walk the dog 3 hours ago.....she is getting more and more hyper but he hasn't walked her yet. Seriously he drives me mad! He is so focused on looking after himself he never notices the rest of us in the house.

He lives the dream, spent yesterday fishing then at a bbq, while I walked the dog, did the shopping, gardening, painting, cleaning, washing etc then the only productive thing he did today was clean his fishing gear....oh and feed himself.

I have a friend due round any time and she isnt keen on dogs, Im sure a hyper bouncy basset is just what she wants.....the thing is I have done so much this weekend I just dont have it in me to walk her again while he sits on his arse playing on his ipad Sorry for the moan just feeling really sad, depressed and alone today.

Hope you're feeling better Janey.

Oh dear Mother. It looks like there are some serious conversations to be had before baby arrives because, as I am sure you are aware, any spare time you currently have to do all that stuff will disappear in a haze of feeding, nappies and sleeplessness.

Mother, I know just how you feel, mine was a bit if a chocolate teapot when I was pregnant and i found it reaky hard but he's been a bit better since the baby arrived although he's never bloody here so perhaps yours will up his game too?

Sorry for mistakes - expressing, bottle feeding baby and typing on phone at once, women are better at multi tasking because they have more practice!